Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars taste every bit as decadent as a traditional bar cookie. These bars have been given a healthy update with Greek yogurt, coconut oil, dark chocolate, whole wheat, and are naturally sweetened. Shh! You don’t have to let anyone know these are actually good for you!

I am a self-confessed chocoholic.

I crave chocolate after breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a few times in between. Do I indulge at each of those times–well, there are days!! Ha!

Yep, so that means you can go ahead have more than one Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookie Bar. After all, everyone needs whole grains and antioxidants, right?

Let me be honest with you all, I was a bit nervous to mess with one of my favorite treats. However, I looked at the ingredients and was a bit disgusted with the amount of oil and sugar. Now don’t get me wrong, I have no issue eating that decadence once in a while, but everyday? Not such a good idea.

So I figured, let’s play with the classic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar recipe. What’s the worse case? I have throw the batch away and try again–I am a food blogger, I have been there, done that!!

I surprised myself by success on my first attempt.

Not just success–brilliance!

My husband, who likes his junk NOT to be messed with, declared these oatmeal chocolate chip cookie bars so lip smackin good, he asked me to make them to serve to friends we were having over later in the week.

You mean, I had to make these Homemade Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars again? Which means I have to eat them again?

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These were quick and easy to prepare. I subbed half the chocolate chips with dried cranberries and sprinkled in a few pumpkin seeds. I just wish that you didn’t taste the whole wheat quite so much. Maybe next time I’ll try to sub some oat flour.

Hi Kelsey!! I am sorry the taste was a bit too much for you for the wheat flour. I would suggest using half whole wheat flour/ all purpose flour instead of using oat flour. Oat flour would change the consistency of these bars…they may need more or less liquid.

Disappointed to see that the recipe is calculated for 16 cookies at 152 cal each, but as shown in your photos, the bars are cut into just 9 cookies, which brings the calorie count up to 270 cal apiece. Not exactly a low calorie treat, and when cut to the recipe size, they’re very tiny.

These look amazing! Any suggestions for making them dairy free? I have dairy free chocolate chips on hand, but I’m not sure what to do with the Greek yogurt. Coconut yogurt seems too thin for a substitute.

Hi Melanie I would use either mashed banana or peanut butter as as substitute. You can use coconut yogurt as well, but start with only 1/4 cup. If batter appears still too thick, use the full 1/3 cup. Enjoy!

Kristen, Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are my favorite type of cookie, and I love that you’ve taken my favorite flavors and made them a bit healthier! Since I’m also a huge fan of Mounds and Almond Joy (it’s a post-Halloween form of payment in my house) I bet the coconut oil flavoring is delicious. Thanks!

I love how the chocolate is slightly melted and looks so ooey gooey delicious! Give me a glass of ice cold almond milk (my personal fave) and one of your oatmeal dark chocolate bars and I think I would be in guilt-free heaven! Yum!

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